Minor League Blogs

Billy Nowlin, Brent Wyatt and Rawley Bishop all went yard in the Flying Tigers 8-3 win over Bradenton.  Bishop’s was a two run shot while Bishop went two for three with a pair of walks. Luke Putkonen improved to 6-2 with a nice start.  He gave …

The Whitecaps lived to fight another day as they evened up their three game series with the Loons after a 7-0 win.  Billy Nowlin was the hitting star and he went four for four with three RBIs and a run.  Brent Wyatt drew a walk and he scored two runs.
Adam Wilk had a really nice [...]

The Whitecaps loss their regular season finale 3-1 but not because of Anthony Shawler’s start.  He gave up a run on three hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings and for his exceptional start, he took the loss and fell to 7-5.  Tyler Stohr gave up two runs in the top of the ninth and [...]

Brandon Hamilton didn’t take the loss in this one, but his stats sure were brutal.  He gave up four run on three hits and two walks and he was able to get just one batter out.  That pushed his ERA on the season up to 7.24.  Brayan Villereal did take the loss and he fell [...]

The Whitecaps lost one then won one as they split a twin bill yesterday against Fort Wayne.   Game one was 3-1 and Victor Larez took the loss.  He gave up one unearned run on four hits and two walks with a strikeout in four innings and the loss dropped him to 5-9.  The Whitecaps managed [...]

Luke Putkonen had a solid start go to waste as the Whitecaps lost to Lansing 4-3.  He gave up four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Jade Todd gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings and he fell to 0-1 on the season.
Billy Nowlin went three forfour with a [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 10-4 on the season with a really nice start in the Whitecaps 9-2 win over South Bend.  He gave up just three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five shutout frames. 
Brent Wyatt went two for four with two doubles, two RBIs, a walk and a run.  BillyNowlin went two [...]

Billy Nowlin had a big day at the plate as the Whitecaps took care of South Bend 9-6.  He belted a pair of home runs and he drove in three  while Mike Gosse went three for four with a double, a run and an RBI.
Anthony Shawler picked up the win and he improved to 8-3.  [...]

Ben Guez had a huge day at he plate as the Whitecaps took care of Cedar Rapids 10-4.  He went five for five with a double, a home run and four RBIs.  Billy Nowlin went one for two with a walk, three runs and an RBI.
Adam Wilk was very sharp in his first start after [...]

Brandon Hamilton had another decent start as the Whitecaps took care of Cedar Rapids 3-2.  Hamilton didn’t get the decision, but he gave up two runs on three hits and one walk wit three strikeouts in five innings.  Victor Larez threw three shutout innings of relief and he improved to 5-6 while Tyler Stohr pitched [...]

The Whitecaps made three errors in the fifth inning in which Cedar Rapids scored all five of their runs in a 5-3 loss.  Casey Crosby fell to 8-4 despite a solid start.  He gave up four runs (just one earned) on four hits with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Alden Carrithers went two for four [...]

Luke Putkonen fell to 6-6 on the season with a rough start in the Whitecaps 7-4 loss to Kane County.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits with three walks and two walks  in 3 1/3 innings.
Billy Nowlin was a perfect three for three with two doubles.  Ben Guez went two for [...]

Mark Sorensen improved to 6-2 on the season with a really nice start in the Whitecaps 7-1 win over Kane County. He gave up two hits and a walk with six strikeouts in eight shutout innings. 
Billy Nowlin went two for four with a double and two runs.  Joseph Bowen went two for four with a [...]

There were plenty of hitting stars today as the Whitecaps blew out Beloit 11-3.  Ten of those runs came in the third inning as they piled on the runs.  Billy Nowlin had a nice game and he went three for five with two doubles, four RBIs and two runs.  Bryan Pounds went two for six [...]

The Whitecaps made just as many errors (four) as they scored runs (2) in a 5-2 loss to Wisconsin.  Brandon Hamilton didn’t help things with six walks in four innings but three unearned runs tagged to Victor Larez resulted from the misplays.  Larez fell to 4-5 on the season.
Billy Nowlin went two for three with [...]

Mark Sorensen improved to 4-2 on the season with a solid start in the Whitecaps 5-4 win over the Dayton Dragons.  He gave up four runs (just one earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.  Robert Waite was also effective and he pitched two shutout innings to close out [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 5-2 on the season with a nice start in the Caps 6-0 win over the Dayton Dragons.  He gave up two hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.  Victor Larez struck out two in three shutout innings of relief.
Mike Gosse went three for four with an RBI.  Billy [...]

The White Caps lost to Kane County 6-4 and the bummer on this game was that they scored the first four runs.  Unfortunately, the Caps pen was roughed up to the tune of four runs after six solid innings by Luke Putkonen.  Three of those runs were given up by Jared Gayhart and he took [...]

The White Caps got some nice pitching from three different guys to pick up a 2-1 win over Cedar Rapids.  Brayan Villerreal pitched four shutout innings in his start, then Anthony Shawler gave up one run in 3 2/3 to pick up the win.  Jared Gayhart struck out two in 1 1/3 innings to then [...]

Billy Nowlin’s sac. fly in the top of the tenth inning proved to be the game winner in the White Caps 4-3 win over Lansing.  It capped of a three for three with three RBI night for the designated hitter.  Ron Borquin also had a nice game and he went three for five with a [...]

Mauricio Robles and Matt Hoffman combined to hold South Bend to a mere four hits in a shutout win.  Robles threw the first five, struck out eight and he gave up just two hits and a walk.  Hoffman pitched the final four and he struck out three with a walk and two hits against him.
Brandon [...]

Trevor Feeney improved to 3-6 on the season with a spectacular start in the Tigers 2-0 win over Vermont.  He gave up three hits and he struck out nine in seven shutout innings.  Daniel DeLucia gave up two walks and didn’t give up a hit in two shutout innings to earn his first save of [...]